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Statement in response to Daily Telegraph article ‘Snooze we lose – young Aussies join shirk force’ 4/6/18 Today’s claims that young Australians are averse to working early mornings, or are averse to hard work at all, is completely out of touch. The reality is that everyday, millions of young Australians join their older colleagues in rising early to

The SDA, the union for workers in retail and fast food welcomed today’s national minimum wage decision, announced by the Fair Work Commission as a step in the right direction, and said it demonstrated that the union movement’s arguments on the importance of lifting wages were gaining traction. SDA National Secretary Gerard Dwyer said that the minimum wage increase

Bunnings recently updated their company parental leave policy which includes a range of improvements for workers. This is a fantastic outcome for workers, as the SDA has consistently advocated for improvements to parental leave at Bunnings for many years. The new policy will apply to Bunnings workers who take leave from 1 March 2018. Securing policies such